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1、2019-2020年高考英语一轮复习Unit2TheUnitedKingdom单元检测卷新人教版必修Ⅰ..阅读理解AveryrapidincreaseinthenumberofshipssailingbetweenAmericanandEuropeanportsbeganalmostimmediatelyaftertheendoftheWarof1812inordertomeetthenewneedfortheregularrapidtransportationofmail,lightcargoes(货物),and
2、passengers.Itwastheincreaseinemigration(移民)toAmericathatforthefirsttimemadethecarryingofpassengersacrosstheAtlanticmoreprofitablethanthetransportationofheavycargoes.Anewtypeofsailingship,thepacket(邮船),appearedtomeetthisnewdemand,andthedemandverysoonresultedins
3、trongpetitionamongseveralpacketlines.TheearliestofthesewastheBlackBallLinesetupinNewYorkin1816,onlyayearaftertheendofthewar.Theserviceofthisfamouslinestartedwithfourofthenewfastpackets,eachof400to500tons:thePacific,theAmity,theJamesCooper,andtheWilliamThompson
4、.Duringthefirsttwentyyearsofservice,theaveragetimefromNewYorktoLiverpoolwas23daysandtheaveragetripbacktoNewYorktook40days.Bythemiddleofthecenturypacketshadincreasedinsizetobetween900and1,000tonsandtheirspeedhadincreased.TheRedJackeloncesailedfromNewYorktoLiver
5、poolin13days,11.5hours.TheMaryWhiteridgetook4.5hoursoffthisrecordonarunfromBaltimoretoLiverpool.Suchspeedswerefargreaterthantheaverageoffrom19to21daystoLiverpoolandfrom30to35homewardtoNewYork,butthepacketshadstillsetanewstandardfortransoceanictravel.Nowonderth
6、atsteamships,thefirstofwhichtriedtopetewiththepacketsin1838,onlybegantoreplacetheminthe1850s.1.Thefastesttransatlanticvoyagebyapacketmentionedbytheauthorwasfrom______.A.LiverpooltoNewYorkB.NewYorktoLiverpoolC.BaltimoretoLiverpoolD.LiverpooltoBaltimore2.Accordi
7、ngtotheauthor,inwhichdecadeofthe19thcenturydidasteamshipfirstattempttopetewiththetransatlanticpackets?A.The1820s.B.The1850s.C.The1840s.D.The1830s.3.Whichofthefollowingwasthemostimportantinthedevelopmentofthefastpackets?A.Theincreaseinthenumberofpeoplewhowanted
8、togotoAmerica.B.TheincreaseinthenumberofpeoplewhowantedtogotoEuropeaftertheWarof1812.C.Theincreaseddemandforthetransportationofallkindsofcargoes.D.Theincreasedvolumeofmail.4.Thetim
